Translation of "Parental Work Patterns and Child Care Needs " (English → French) :

21. Invites the Commission to put forward a proposal on a better reconciliation between private, family and professional life optimising the use and knowledge of ICT and new forms of work organisation, taking into consideration the needs and well-being of children, whilst promoting more effective employment protection, which confirms parents' and carers' right to flexible working patterns ...[+++], corresponding to their needs and paying particular attention to access for those on low incomes and in precarious or low-quality employment;

21. Invites the Commission to put forward a proposal on a better reconciliation between private, family and professional life optimising the use and knowledge of ICT and new forms of work organisation, taking into consideration the needs and well-being of children, whilst promoting more effective employment protection, which confirms parents' and carers' right to flexible working patterns ...[+++], corresponding to their needs and paying particular attention to access for those on low incomes and in precarious or low-quality employment;

21. Invites the Commission to make a proposal on a better reconciliation between private, family and professional life optimising the use and knowledge of ICT and new forms of work organisation, taking into consideration the needs and well-being of children, whilst promoting more effective employment protection, which confirms parents' and carers' right to flexible working patterns ...[+++], corresponding to their needs and paying particular attention to access for those on low incomes and in precarious or low-quality employment;

Q. whereas women are increasingly bearing the burden of poverty, being at risk of poverty, in particular categories of women with special needs, such as disabled women, elderly women and parents bringing up a child without a partner (especially single mothers and widows with dependent children) and groups most vulnerable to exclusion, such as Roma women, under whose traditions domestic and care ...[+++] work are assigned exclusively to women, removing them prematurely from education and employment, and immigrant women; whereas there is a need for proper working conditions, including the protection of rights such as a decent wage, maternity leave and a working environment free from discrimination, which are essential for these women,

28. Notes that a purely quantitative increase in childcare places, as defined in the Barcelona objectives, is not enough; above all, greater diversity of supply and an increase in quality are required; as well as the needs of parents who freely choose to care themselves for their children, within the family should be considered; calls on the Member States to seek to provide the high stan ...[+++]dard of care at affordable prices needed in order to accommodate children and other dependent persons, as laid down in the objectives charted by the 2002 Barcelona European Council, whereby Member States were called upon, by 2010, to provide childcare for at least 90% of children from age 3 to the start of compulsory schooling and at least 33% of children under 3; maintains that the above measures must be such as to enable parents to adjust their working patterns according to their way of life;

In Finland, every child under school age has the right to municipal day-care once the parental allowance period ends, regardless of income level of the parents or of whether the parents work.